San Antonians like to network

San Francisco, Miami and Los Angeles are the most connected cities, based on home networking adoption, according to new research from market research firm MultiMedia Intelligence.

Wealthy and tech savvy San Francisco ranked first on the list with 28 percent of households having home networks. Miami ranked second with 27 percent and L.A. third with 26 percent. Probably not much of a surprise there, given the cities’ demographics.

But here’s something interesting: less-affluent San Antonio isn’t too far behind them, edging out Chicago for 12th on the list. About 17 percent of Alamo City households have home networks.

Wired or wireless home networks let consumers to connect multiple PCs and share Internet access or devices like printers.